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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, received Bill Gates at Palazzo Chigi today. During the meeting, the opportunities and risks of AI were discussed, as was the need to govern future changes in order to avoid being subjected to them. 

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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met with the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, at Palazzo Chigi today. The visit confirms the strategic value of the partnership and the excellent level of the relationship between the two Countries. The exchange of important memoranda of understanding regarding several strategic sectors of mutual interest and the adoption of a joint statement attest to the will to diversify and deepen ties in all sectors of common interest.

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A meeting regarding the former Ilva steel plant in Taranto was held between the Government and trade union organisations at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Rome today, in a proactive and constructive atmosphere.

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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, delivered a speech at today’s signing ceremony for the ‘Development and Cohesion Agreement’ between the Italian Government and the Emilia Romagna Region.

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The Italian Government has given its go-ahead for the sale of telecommunications operator TIM’s network to US infrastructure fund KKR, with conditions. The green light is another key step in the acquisition of NetCo (the company that owns substantially all of TIM’s fixed network infrastructure), protecting the national interest and ensuring state control over the strategic assets belonging to Italy’s main telecommunications network.

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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in Forlì today. Following their meeting, they issued statements to the press.

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The steering committee for the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) met at Palazzo Chigi today, to discuss the work being carried out to verify achievement of the 52 milestones and targets required for the fifth instalment of the NRRP, which follows the payment request submitted by Italy on 28 December, the annual monitoring programme and the checking of the milestones and targets required for the sixth and seventh instalments of the new Italian Plan approved by the European Commission on 24 November. The meeting, called by Minister for European Affairs, Southern Italy, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP Raffaele Fitto, was chaired by the President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, and was attended by the Ministers and Undersecretaries involved as well as by representatives of Regions, Provinces and Municipalities.

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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, visited the Italian Air Force Museum in Vigna di Valle this morning, together with the Minister of Defence, Guido Crosetto. The museum was recently renovated and reopened in June last year.

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The Council of Ministers approved a decree-law today that strengthens a number of existing measures to protect the continuity of production and employment for companies in crisis, including the former Ilva steel plant, and provides guarantees for a ‘cassa integrazione straordinaria’ [exceptional fund to supplement earnings] during possible extraordinary administration proceedings. Plant safety and maintenance workers are excluded from the ‘cassa integrazione’ scheme, allowing them to remain operational. The existing legal provisions for the protection of small and medium-sized creditor companies remain in place. A meeting with trade union organisations has been scheduled for 3pm on Thursday 18 January to continue the discussions that have been underway for some time on the future of steel in Italy.